The Sociological Library is a modern specialised library, which is intended to serve the needs of researchers, students, and the wider academic community. Library collection contains just about 25 thousand volumes. All items are available for use in the library study hall and abo...

The article represents the results of empirical research aimed at the analysis of potential relationships between thelevel of social capital, the level of economic development and government performance in the Czech regions. The results of analysis do not support hypothesis about...

The authors aim to propose more effective design of housing subsidies in the Czech Republic. In the first part of the publication was made an attempt to assess housing shortage in the Czech Republic, next follows the comparison of first- and second generation rent control, social...

The chapter describes the development of former state rental housing and analyses the possibilities of introduction of social housing system in the Czech Republic. The current social consequences of rent regulation are carefully assessed and potential steps for its reform are out...

In the chapter are described basic characteristics of rental housing and its parts (private rental housing, municipal rental housing and social housing) The chapter comprise the definition of the first-generation rent control and second-generation rent control.

In the chapter are described different forms of rent applied in the Czech Republic, the chapter contains comparison of the structure of housing stock in the Czech Republic with the structure of housing stock in other EU countries, description of possible future form of second gen...

The focus of this text is a comparison of two selected models of rent subsidies in the Czech Republic. The reader will also find a theoretic description of systems found in selected countries of the EU, as well as the situation in the Czech Republic. With the use of the data from...

The economic crisis has significantly challenged national welfare states and has often led to retrenchment. The question arises how countries have reacted to the crisis in the area of family policy – not directly connected to rising unemployment and also not as demanding fo...

The department focuses on research into the connections between territorially specific factors — local and regional — and processes of social change, including the formation and functioning of socio-spatial configurations, institutional structures, civic participation and the for...

Care work is neither socially recognized, nor equitably economically rewarded. It is performed by those lacking opportunities at formal labor market. Exploiting informal paid care workers is often the only (and even state supported) strategy of combining care and work and provisi...